St Anne’s – A brief description.

St Anne’s started in 1903 as “The Tin Kirk” (timber walls and corrugated iron roof), a daughter church of Corstorphine Old Parish Church. The present beautiful stone church was consecrated in 1913, at a time when many new houses were being built in the vicinity. ​The Sanctuary was designed by the renowned Scottish architect Peter McGregor Chalmers and incorporates carvings and stained glass of significant style. The general subject of the tympanum above the main entrance door is The Exultations and Praise of our Lord, and shows Christ seated in the centre on a throne, his right hand raised in blessing, and in his left, the world he came to save. The capitals of the internal pillars from the door to the pulpit show different scenes from the life of Christ; The Christian Life; the Children of the Bible; Four Parables on the South aisle. The capitals of the pillars of the North aisle, from the pulpit to the door, show The Word Prophesised & Preached; Practical Religion; The Trinity; The Church.

The glass of the windows was designed by Gordon Webster and William Wilson.

The Chancel is in keeping with the Northern Italian Romanesque style. The Pulpit, Reading Desk and Choir Pews are on the Chancel Platform, raised above the level of the nave. The Apse has a marble floor, with a stone bench running around its perimeter, carrying a series of columns and arches which divided into one centre seat and twelve side seats, symbolic of Christ and his Twelve Disciples.

The walls of the building have carved into them phrases of praise and prayer, to ‘let the stones speak’.

Further detailed information on our Sanctuary is available on request from the Church Office.​